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Definition of Taverns
1. tavern [n] - See also: tavern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Taverns
Literary usage of Taverns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Social New York Under the Georges, 1714-1776: Houses, Streets, and Country by Esther Singleton (1902)
"The best taverns had always a large room for entertainments and balls, ...
and took their meals at taverns, which also provided ladies with delicate fare. ..."
2. Social New York Under the Georges, 1714-1776: Houses, Streets, and Country by Esther Singleton (1902)
"The best taverns had always a large room for entertainments and balls, and these
were largely patronized by the gentry. There were many men in the city, ..."
3. England and the English in the Eighteenth Century: Chapters in the Social by William Connor Sydney (1891)
"Important position held by coffee-houses, taverns, and clubs—Uses of the ...
houses—taverns and their votaries—taverns frequented by Dr. Johnson—Clubs—The ..."
4. England and the English in the Eighteenth Century: Chapters in the Social by William Connor Sydney (1891)
"Important position held by coffee-houses, taverns, and clubs—Uses of tne
coffee-houses—taverns and their votaries—taverns frequented by Dr. ..."
5. Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the Olden Time: In the Olden by John Fanning Watson (1857)
"taverns. Library of Philadelphia." They built themselves the neat house still
... taverns. In the year 1683, William Penn's letter says: "We have seven ..."
6. Company Precedents, for Use in Relation to Companies Subject to the by Francis Beaufort Palmer (1881)
"To establish at coffee taverns, and to carry on there the business Form 33.
of refreshment-house keepers, upon the principle that no intoxicating Coffee ..."
7. Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne: Taken from Original Sources by John Ashton (1882)
"COFFEE-HOUSES AND taverns. Universal use of coffee-houses—Their convenience^Company—First
coffee-house—Number of them—Anecdote of Bishop Trelawney— ..."
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